…“Your differences make you wonderful” – Ally to graduating batch
The 2016 graduating class of the Anna Regina Secondary School was urged to strive harder to achieve advancements in their educational attainment. At the same time, they were also encouraged to prize their uniqueness as the country is strengthened when persons unite despite their differences.
Social Cohesion Minister Amna Ally along with Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt and Regional Executive Officer Rupert Hopkinson pose with teachers, and the top five 2016 CSEC best performing students of the Anna Regina Secondary School
Social Cohesion Minister Amna Ally on Saturday expressed these sentiments in a feature address at the school’s annual graduation exercise and award ceremony for students, who garnered success at the recent sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations. Ally stressed the need for the prospective scholars to always be ready and willing to share their views and ideas, noting that persons were never too young to make a difference in their community.
“I urge you to try your utmost to participate as young people in the governing of your country… Your unique perspectives can help us adults to develop and move our country forward to achieving greatness,” the Social Cohesion Minister posited.
Ally further opined that it was important that the nation’s youth be equipped and fully prepared for the future by aiming for the highest possible level of education, in keeping with President David Granger’s vision for transforming Guyana into an ‘Education Nation’.
The Minister, while encouraging the 2016 class to follow their dreams, further urged that as they strive for higher achievements, they must remember to hold themselves in high regard and differences should be respected.
“Part of what makes each one of you beautiful and wonderful is your differences… you should be extremely proud of [these differences] because that is what makes us unique and it is what makes Guyana unique,” Ally expressed.
She also handed over a collection of sporting equipment, a grass cutter and five radios to the school.
Past student, Attorney-at-Law Tracy Marks delivered the charge where she posited that the opportunities before the students were limitless.
Meanwhile, the school’s Headmaster Lalljeet Ruplall, in the 2015-2016 academic report, stated that 163 students graduated, having achieved passes in five or more subjects at the CSEC Examinations. He added that his school saw an 11 per cent increase in matriculation compared with 2015. Ruplall stated that the school’s academic portfolio would be boosted as it was introducing Sixth Form studies, which would make the Anna Regina Secondary School the first in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region to include this level.
